Membership Minute

[ynotsue at bellsouth.net]

  The Membership Minute Vol. 5, Ed. 2August 2008                
                                                                    August is Membership and Extension Month  
Membership and ExtensionMonth falls early in the Rotary year - just as your club begins tosettle into working toward your 2008-09 membership goals. This issue ofThe Membership Minute is dedicated to informing clubs aboutnew RI membership publications and resources to enhance your membershipdevelopment efforts, this month and throughout the coming year.  

New publications for the club membership committee   
Newly revised in 2007-08, the Membership Development Resource Guide (417) and New Member Orientation: A How-to Guide for Clubs(414) are essential resources for every club membership committee. Bothpublications provide suggestions to enhance membership recruitment andretention strategies at the club level. These publications areavailable as free downloads from the RI Web site and can be purchasedat shop.rotary.org. Leadership Development: Your Guide to Starting a Program(250) is a brand new, gratis publication that provides suggestions forstarting a leadership development program to help develop the personalleadership skills of club members, enhance their professional lives,and nurture future leaders. Having such a program serves as a sellingpoint for Rotary membership to younger members. 
 
Membership Development Resource GuideFindnew content on membership recruitment, retention, and sponsoring clubs,derived from the best practices of Rotary clubs and RotaryInternational survey research         Complete end-of-chapter checklists to guideyour club membership committee through the process of creating anaction plan for membership development         Discover additional resources for developing a stronger membership         Download the online supplements Club Assessment Tools and Regional Membership Supplements (coming soon to the RI Web site) 
New Member Orientation: A How-to Guide for Clubs         Contains session outlines, handouts, and action steps for creating prospective and new member information programs          Includes sample induction ceremonies and advice on mentoring new members
Leadership Development: Your Guide to Starting a Program Find practical advice on speaking points, sample discussion questions, and activities for ten suggested topic
Resources for new members

 
Check out Welcome to Rotary,a short new video segment, viewable now on the RI Web site. Less thanfour minutes long, and offering a broad overview of Rotary and the fourAvenues of Service, this video provides an excellent introduction toRotary club membership for new or prospective members. Find the videoby going to www.rotary.org and clicking on Members, New Members,Getting Involved. Use this video during the opening segment of yournext prospective member information program. 

The new Membership Video Set(427) includes two DVDs: one for new members and one for prospectivemembers. Each DVD features a compilation of Rotary videos, including Welcome to Rotary, various Humanity in Motion public service announcements, and segments from RVM: The Rotarian Video Magazine. Available through shop.rotary.org for US$10. Purchase at least one set for your club resource library. 

The contents of the New Member Information Kit (426) and the Prospective Member Information Kit (423)have been updated in 2008. These prepackaged folders contain materialsrelevant to new and prospective members, and are available throughshop.rotary.org. Add your own club and district profiles andinformational brochures to give prospective and new members a completeinformational resource regarding Rotary membership.  Resources for existing club members: focus on expanding membership

Inviting prospective members to attend a club meeting has never been easier than it is with the new Start with Rotary postcards (614) and wallet cards(613). These colorful cards supply space for Rotarians to fill in theirclub meeting information, inviting prospective members to attend asguests. Consider distributing these cards to club members when yourclub discusses its 2008-09 membership goals. 

Remember to use RI President Dong Kurn Lee's new member sponsor pinto recognize those who sponsor new members in 2008-09. Pins areavailable for purchase through licensed suppliers of Rotarymerchandise. 

Don't forget these favorites:
 
What's Rotary?These wallet-size cards answer frequently asked questions about theorganization and scope of Rotary, and are popular as a handout tonon-Rotarians. 
 
Rotary Basics (595) is an eight-page, full-color special member education section that appears annually in the August Rotarian magazine. It is very popular as a handout to prospective members. Purchase a supply to hand out to visitors. 

How to Propose a New Member(254) Remind club members of their responsibility to propose newmembers by distributing this brochure at a club meeting. Includes themembership proposal form.                              
______________________
 
 
 
Editor: Jennifer Frisbie, Senior Coordinator

Membership Development Division
Rotary International
www.rotary.org
membershipminute at rotary.org
-------------- next part --------------
Skipped content of type multipart/related